Tag: water treatment plants
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Delivering water with Denver Water’s chess masters
How operators distribute a reliable and efficient supply to one-quarter of the state’s population photo depicts Phil Malone, one of the team of system operators at Denver Water. Like playing a geographically dispersed game of chess with nearly 7,500 pieces, system operators like Phil Malone spend their days monitoring dozens of computer screens, making adjustments…
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How is tap water treated? What causes a boil-water advisory?
We take our tap water for granted until we’re told we can’t drink it. (Photo: Latte Art/Shutterstock) In the wake of hurricanes and resulting power outages, many times people are told their tap water is non-drinkable. Water providers often issue a “boil-water advisory” because a treatment facility was affected during a storm. Residents are typically…
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Antidepressants found in fish brains in Great Lakes region
A rock bass. This stock image may not be republished. Researchers have detected build-ups of human antidepressants in the brains of this fish species, among others, in the Niagara River, which links Lake Erie with Lake Ontario. The drugs enter rivers and lakes from treatment plants and sewage overflows, threatening aquatic life, scientists say. BUFFALO,…
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Systemic Failure: Why 1 Million Californians Lack Safe Drinking Water
Small, cash-strapped water districts don’t have the financial, political or technological resources to treat some of the United States’ most contaminated drinking water. Woodville is an unincorporated community in eastern Tulare County in California’s San Joaquin Valley. There are hundreds of small, unincorporated communities like Woodville across the Valley that lack the tax base to…
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Millions consumed potentially unsafe drinking water in the past 10 years
The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the U.S. a “D” grade for the quality of its drinking water systems based on an evaluation of their safety, condition, capacity, and other criteria. This report is part of a project on drinking water contamination in the United States produced by the Carnegie-Knight News21 program. WOLFFORTH, Texas…
